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GOP Senate candidate Todd Rokita and his wife, Kathy, wave to supporters during an election night party, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Indianapolis.
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GOP Senate candidate Todd Rokita and his wife, Kathy, wave to supporters during an election night party, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Indianapolis.
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What’s Quickly? It’s where readers sound off on the issues of the day. Have a quote, question or quip? Call Quickly at 312-222-2426 or email quickly@post-trib.com.

Thankfully, Todd Rokita and Luke Messer were both defeated for a Senate run. People are tired of the hateful and childish antics of their campaigns. Especially Rokita, in his TV ad, drinking a beer, firing a, AR-15 rifle and wearing a Trump cap. Way over the top, pal.

Happy Teachers Appreciation Week. Eighty-seven percent of people wish that they had told their best teachers how much they appreciated their efforts. It’s not too late!

Trump just literally threatened to take away the press credentials of our free press because he didn’t like that they are reporting on all of his scandals. This is why our First Amendment is so important to our nation.

Trump is floating the idea of revoking media credentials until he gets the coverage that he likes. He has a lack of understanding of how news coverage actually works, and unfortunately so do a lot of his supporters.

Were losing 115 young adults to drug overdoses in this country, and all the people in the Region are concerned with is shutting down Trump supporters so they can have the Quickly page to themselves and bad-mouth the president or anybody else that dares to join his cabinet.

This Iran deal will affect lots of people. Boeing airlines license will be revoked as part of the Iran sanctions. Boeing has signed a $3 billion deal for 30–737 Max jets with Iran Aseman airlines and a $16.6 billion deal with Iran Air for 80 aircraft.

Gina Haspel is finding out first hand the double standard that Democrats use when you want to become CIA director on the President Trump team. She was just fine when Obama was president. What’s changed ?

Trump only wants positive news about him reported. It’s almost as if he’s trying to undermine coverage of the hundreds of thousands of dollars given by Russian oligarch/Putin crony Viktor Vekselberg’s company’s U.S. affiliate to Trump fixer Michael Cohen.

Once the Stormy Daniels case is settled, I wonder if Trump will try to hire Attorney Michael Avenatti? This attorney is blowing his entire legal staff out of the water.

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